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Marketing & Economy
Term | Definition |
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Economy | The organized way a nation provides for the needs and wants of its people. |
Resources | Are all the things used in producing goods and services. |
Factors of Prodiction | Land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. |
Land | Includes everything contained in the earth or found in the seas. |
Labor | Refers to all the people who work. |
Capital | Includes money to start and operate a business. |
Entrepreneurship | Rrefers to the skills of people who are willing to invest their time and money to run a business. |
Infrastructure | The physical development of a country. |
Scarcity | The difference between wants and needs and available resources. |
Traditional Economy | Traditions and rituals answer the basic questions of what, how, and for whom. |
Market Economy | There is no government involvement in economic decisions. |
Command Economy | A system in which a country's government makes economic decisions and decides what, when, and how much will be produced and distributed. |
Productivity | Output per worker hour that is measured over a defined period of time, such as a week, month, or year. |
GDP | The output of goods and services produced by labor and property located within the country. |
Inflation | Refers to rising prices. |
Consumer Price Index | Measures wholesale price levels in the economy. |
Business Cycle | These recurring changes in economic activity. The business cycle includes the following key phases: expansion, recession, trough, and recovery, at which time expansion begins again. |
Expansion | A time when the economy is flourishing, sometimes referred to as a period of prosperity. |
Recession | A period of economic slowdown that lasts for at least two quarters, or six months, according to financial experts. |
Depression | A period of prolonged recession. |
Trough | When the economy reaches its lowest point in a recession, after which economic activity begins to rise. |
Recovery | The term used to signify a period of renewed economic growth following a recession or depression. |
International Trade | The exchange of goods and services among nations. |
Imports | Goods and services purchased from other countries. |
Balance of Trade | The difference in value between exports and imports of a nation. |
Free Trade | Commercial exchange between nations that is conducted on free market principles, without restrictive regulations. |
Tariff | A tax on imports. |
Quota | Limits either the quantity or the monetary value of a product that may be imported. |
Embargo | A total ban on specific goods coming into and leaving a country. |
Protecsionism | A government's establishment of economic policies that systematically restrict imports in order to protect domestic industries. |
World Trade Organiztion (WTO) | A coalition of nations that makes rules governing international trade. |
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | An international trade agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. |
European Union (EU) | Is European's trading bloc. |
Importing | Involves purchasing goods from a foreign country. |
Exporting | A domestic company that wishes to enter the global marketplace with minimal risk and control. |
Licensing | Involves letting another company use a trademark, patent, special formula, company name, or some other intellectual property for a fee or royalty. |
Contract Manufacturing | Popular as emerging countries offer facilities, know-how, and inexpensive labor. |
Joint Venture | A business enterprise that companies set up together. |
Foreign Direct Ivenstment (FDI) | The establishment of a business in a foreign country. |
Globalization | Selling the same product and using the same promotion methods in all countries. |
Product Adaptation | Changing a product to meet different consumer needs and/or to reflect the cultural differences in a foreign market. |
Customization | Involves creating specially designed products or promotions for certain countries or regions. |
Free Enterprise System | Encourages individuals to start and operate their own businesses in a competitive system, without government involvement. |
Patent | An invention, you alone own the rights to that item or idea. |
Trademark | A word, name, symbol, sound, or color that identifies a good or service and that cannot be used by anyone but the owner. |
Copyright | Involves anything that is authored by an individual, such as writings, music, and artwork. |
Competition | Businesses that operate in a free enterprise system try to attract new customers and keep old ones. Other businesses try to take those same customers away. |
Business Risk | The potential for loss or failure. As the potential for earnings gets greater, so does the risk. |
Profit | Is the money earned from conducting business after all costs and expenses have been paid. Profit is often misunderstood. |
Supply | Is the amount of goods producers are willing to make and sell. |
Demand | Refers to consumer willingness and ability to buy products. |
Surpluses | Of goods occur when supply exceeds demand. |
Shortages | When demand exceeds supply. |
Equilibrium | When the amount of a product being supplied is equal to the amount being demanded. |
Domestic Business | A business that sells its products only in its own country |
Global Business | Sells its products in more than one country. |
For-Profit Business | Seeks to make a profit from its operations. |
Nonprofit Organization | Functions like a business but uses the money it makes to fund the cause identified in its charter. |
Public Sector | Government-financed agencies. |
Private Sector | Businesses not associated with government agencies. |
Industry | A group of establishments primarily engaged in producing or handling the same product or group of products or in rendering the same services. |
Derived Demand | The industrial market is based on, or derived from, the demand for consumer goods and services. |
Wholesalers | Obtain goods from manufacturers and resell them to industrial users, other wholesalers, and retailers. |
Retailers | Buy goods from wholesalers or directly from manufacturers and resell them to the consumer. |
Management | The process of achieving company goals by effective use of resources through planning, organizing, and controlling. |
Accounting | The discipline that keeps track of a company's financial situation. |